I recently acquired a photo of a B-29 named "Georgia Peach." Does anyone know what is the little camels painted below the pilot's window on the B-29 signify? Obviously a mission accomplished, but from where and by what group? I notice on TV that one of the B-29s that wound up in Russia also had...

While looking for something else in the KZLA NOTAM current as of Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:53:00 GMT, I found this interesting warning: FDC 4/5471 - CA.. POINT MUGU NAS, CA. RADIATION HAZARD TO AIRCRAFT EXISTS WITHIN A 1.5 NM RADIUS OF 340555N/1190700W. THE AREA IS HOT CONTINIOUSLY FROM SFC TO 8000 FT...

Civilization and Its Enemies : The Next Stage of History by Lee Harris "The Enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. And while it is true that the Enemy always hates us for a reason -- it is his reason, and not ours." Wow! Put this one on your reading list. " has said a lot...

I had a wound over my eyebrow which required six stitches while serving in Viet Nam and I didn't get a purple heart. I think the fact that Kerry's PH was issued in spite of the fact that his lesser wound resulted from misemployment of his own weapon indicates that I should have received the PH as...

How exactly did they work? Could the turrets be fired independently at multiple targets? What crew members controlled them? etc? etc?

Time to do my share to improve the S/N ratio here at r.a.m, or at least make a try at it! It's easy to overlook. No exhaust pipes visible protruding from the sheet metal around the Allison engines on the P-38. Given that Lookheed, and Kelly Johnson in particular, paid a lot of detailed attention...

If you'd like to see what I consider a very nice aircraft dedicated site click on my B-58 Hustler Home page URL below. No ads. No politics. There is a clickable URL for a relatively new "More B-58 Pictures Annex" for those of you who haven't visited for a while. -- B-58 Hustler History:...

Check out one of the F-102's competitors. This aircraft is truly "out there" when compared to the technology of the time: XF-103 Mock-Up: http://wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f103.jpg XF-103 Cut-Away: http://www.testpilot.ru/usa/republic/xf/103/images/xf103v.gif XF-103 Colors:...

Just yesterday a friend asked me if there were stability issues during the design of the Tu-20. This was on account of its extremely long and slender fuselage which obviously presents a huge mmt arm. I though maybe cruise/drag considerations or structure limitations may have been the rationale...

Okay, online flightsim question time. Did the Curtiss or P&W Radial engines rotate on a mount and spin the propellor like their WWI predecessors or were they fixed and drove a propellor shaft? I've seen WWI Era fighters with the engine exposed and the cylinders spin, but all the WWII aircraft the...

Henderson Field is now renamed to Honiara international airport. But to many, it will always be Henderson Field. -- G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

http://www.miramex.com.pl/jwsoft/1939/image/pzl62_01.JPG A strange old Polish guy sent me a drawing of this basically unknown aircraft and claimed that it would have swept the skies of the German invaders if it were built. He further claimed it would have been superior to the Spitfire. What is...

http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/06/11/30172.html Too bad they got the history wrong. The Germans had it first during WW2 with Baumgartl's Heliofly III: http://www.germanvtol.com/baumgartl/baungertl.html Rob

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 Saddam Hussein has been captured, TIME magazine confirmed. "It's true," said a U.S. intelligence official in Baghdad about the arrest of the former dictator. The official wouldn't give any more details except to confirm that the former dictator had been detained the...

You really are moron if you believe this. The truth doesn't really matter to you does it? You really are a small person. MG This is nothing new. You obviously forget, or weren't around for the "Great Serbian Slaughter Cover-up of 99-00" Apparently, hundreds of US pilots were killed over...

According to a story in the Houston Chronicle, NASA has a plan for getting photo coverage of night shuttle launches. "The fix involves flying two modified B-57 high-altitude airplanes on either side of the shuttle, filming its liftoff and the first two minutes of flight, said NASA imaging expert...

Airman accused of terror spying A U.S. Air Force enlisted man has become the second service member to be accused of espionage at the U.S. naval base prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he translated interrogations of Arabic-speaking Taliban and al Qaeda terror suspects. at...

Still nothing final and official but FWIW: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3524348 Skyhawk sale still on, says American company 19.09.2003 10.00 am The American company negotiating to buy the air force's fleet of mothballed Skyhawk attack jets says the deal is still going...

Hi ! I just saw a picture of a C-130 Hercules on the deck of a Carrier !! The picture seems to be from around the 70s, no other planes else on deck. No other description was provided, it was on an image board ... Is this a nice fake or was this ever possible ? ThanX in advance, Jan

Yeah it's ok to threaten Arafat with death. Emperor Perle has so decreed. We'll veto the world. Slaves. Grantland